Journal-box.



No. 828,261. PATBNTBD AUG. '2', 1906.

G. A. WOODMAN.

JOUEHAL BOX.

APPLIOLTIOE mum we a. ma.

Nu- 828,261. PATENTED AUG. '7, 1906. G. A. WOODMAN. JOURNAL BOX.

APPLIOATIBB FILED $36.3. 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

72 ldfciy'zcaoea UNITED sTArEs GEORGE A. lVOODli-iAlli,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

couF NAL-Box.

No. 328,261. Specification of Application filed August To all whom it mag "concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WOODMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicage, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- 11018, have invented new and useful Improvements in J ournal-Boxes, of which the followin is aspecification.

his invention relates to journal-boxes and its objects are to hold the lid securely in on or closed positions, to automatically 0 ose the lid when it is released from open position, and to form a tight joint between the lid and the box to prevent dirt from entering the box and the escape of oil therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown one embodiment of the invention in a car-axle box.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a box, showing the lid in open osition. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the inc 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sec tional view showing the lid closed. Fi 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the box-lug. Figs. 6 and 7 are sectional views on the lines 6 6 and 7 7, respectively, of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates 'a journal-box which is provided with a lug 11,

' bored to receive a intle 12, which hinges the round end 12' of the pintle.

lid to the box. T e lid 13 has sleeves 1 4 14' to receive the pintle, and between "these sleeves the lid is provided with a hood 15, which partly covers said lug.

The sleeve 14 is provided with a projection 16, and the lug 11 has a notch 17 to receive said projection when the lid is closed and a notch 18 to receive said projection when the lid is open. The sleeves on the lid are spaced. a art sufficiently to permit a limited endwise p a of the lid relative to the lug on the box, an an expansion-spring 19 is arranged on the pintle within the sleeve 14 and been; against the outer end 20 of said sleeve and ainst the adjacent end of 'the' box-lug. T 's spring operates to hold the projection in one or the other of said notches in the box lug, and thereby temporarily locks the lid in open or closed position.

The outer end 21 of the spring is locked to the lid or to the intle in some suitable man ner, and I have s own it bent across the half The inner end 22 of the spring is bent u to lock against a shoulder 22" on the boxug. The pmtle is locked fast to turn with the id by means of a. lip 23, which engages the polygonal head 12 Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 7, 1908.

i 905. Serial l lo. 2?2,468.

of the boltm As the sprin is thus locked at one end to the pintle, whic 1 is itself locked to the lid, and at its other end to the box-lug, the spring will be stretched torsionally when the lid is opened, and this torsional strain of the sprin will cause the lid to close automat ically will quickly after it has been shifted sidewise suliiciently to withdraw the projec tion ifi out of the notch 18. r

The pintle-opening 20 in the end 20 of the sleeve '14, which receives the half-round end of the pintle, is circular and of the same diameter as the pintle to permit the pintle to be adjusted rotatively therein. A Washer 24, provided with a lug 25, fits in said opening alongside of the iialf-round end of the pintle to hold the pintle firmly in the opening, and this plug projects above and secures the end of the spring to the pintle. To increase the expansion and torsion of the 5 ring, the pintle'inay be adjusted rota-tivel y by first removing the cotter-pin 26 and drawing the "pintie outward until its head clears the lip 23, and after the spring has been adjusted to itsproper tension the pintle is returned to its izsp'erative position and looked in place.

The lid is made to fit ti litly against its seat iorined by the edges of 51s box surrounding I theiopenmg 2?, so that dirt may not enter the box and oil may not escape therefrom. The outer face of the side edge 28, the outer face of the lower edge 29, the inner face of the upper edge 30, and the outer face of the side edge 31 are beveled. The bevel on the side ed e 31 is increased at its upper end 32, Fig. 1, Eecause the lid will first engage the seat on the box at this point.

rib corresponding to each of said edgss ssiss box, and the inner face of the side ribs 34 35, Fig. 2, and the bottom rib 36 and the outer siaceof the top rib 37 are beveled, Fig. 3,110 fit the correspondingly-beveled faces of the edges of the hex'around the opening therein. I may provide the lid with parallel ribs to form a'ol ann'el 33, as shown, Fi 1, to reoeive the'edges of the box, or t e beveled ribs only may be employed.

7 Iiheihevelcd ribs on the lid and the beveled faces of the seat on the box form broad contact-surfaces, which are held tightly in cnga inent by the spring to'iorm a tight joint tween the lid and t e box and eflectw ally prevent the entrance of dirt and the esca of oil.

he invention is simple in construction The lid is provided on its under sidsiniithaw and operation and embodies very few parts. The expansion and the torsion of the spring are both utilized with this invention, the expansion operating to draw the lid sidewise and securely hold it in its closed or open position and the torsion of the spring being utilized to carry the lid tightly against its seat on the box. When the lid moves from open to closed position, it first shifts sidewise (to the left in Fig. 1) to permit the projection to clear the notch 18, and about the same time that the projection reaches the notch 17 the upper end of the rib 35 on the lid will engage the extremely-beveled face at the upper end 32 of the edge 31 of the seat on the box. As the lid continues its downward movement under the influence of the torsion of the spring the expansion of the spring willcause the lid to shift sidewise, and at the same time the projection will enter the notch 17 and the beveled ribs on the lid will slide into close contact with the correspondingly-beveled faces of the seat on the box. The spring then hold the lid securely seated on the box, with a tight joint formed by the broad contacting beveled faces on the ribs and edges of the box.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a journal-box provided with an o ening therein, and an outwardly-swinging lid hinged to the box at the upper edge of said opening and movable bodily sidewise on the box, there being outwardly-projectin edges on the box around said 0 enin an ribs on the under side of said lid at t 1e sides thereof to seat sidewise on said edges at the sides of the opening when the lid is closed, said ribs and edges being beveled to fit each other.

2. The combination of a journal-box provided with an opening therein, and an outwardl swinging lid hinged to the box and mova le sidewise thereon in opening and closing, there being outwardly projecting edges on the box around said opening and ribs on the under side of said lid to seat sidewise on said edges when the lid is closed, the outer face of the ed es of the box at the sides of said opening and t e inner face of the correspondin ribs on the lid being beveled to fit each ot er.

3. The combination of a journal-box provided with an opening therein, and an outwardly-swinging lid hinged to the box and movable sidewise thereon in opening and closing, there being outwardly projectin edges on the box around said opening and ribs on the under side of said lid to seat sidewise on said ed es when the lid is closed, the outer face of t e lower edge and the inner face of the upper edge of the box at said opening and t e inner face of the rib at the bottom of the lid and the outer face of the rib at the top of the lid being beveled.

4. The combination of a j0urnalbox provided with an opening therein, and an outwardly-swinging lid hinged to the box and movable sidewise thereon in opening and closing, there being outwardly projecting edges on the box around said opening and ribs on the under side of said lid to seat sidewise on said edges when the lid is closed, the outer face of the side edges of the box and the inner face of the corresponding ribs on the lid being beveled, and the outer face of the lower edge and the inner face of the upper edge of the box around said opening and the inner face of the rib at the bottom of the lid and the outer face of the rib at the top of the lid being beveled to fit each other.

5. The combination of a journal-box provided with an opening therein, an outwardlyswinging lid hinged to the box and movable sidewise thereon in opening and closing, there being ribs on the under side of the lid to engage the edges of the box around said opening, the outer face of a side ed e of the box at said opening being beveled, t e bevel being increased at the upper end of said edge, and the inner face of the corresponding rib on the lid being beveled.

6. The combination of a journal-box provided with an opening therein, an outwardlyswinging lid hinged to the box and movable sidewise thereon, there being ribs on the under side of said lid to engage the ed es of the box at the sides of said opening, sai ribs and edges being beveled to fit each other, and means for moving the lid sidewise relative to the box as it is closed against the seat formed by said edges to bring and hold the beveled faces of the ribs tightly against the beveled faces of said edges.

7. The combination of a journal-box provided with an opening therein, an outwardlyswinging lid hinged to the box and movable sidewise thereon, there being ribs on the under side of said lid to engage the side, bottom and top ed es of the box around said opening, the si e ribs being arranged to engage the outer faces of the side ed es of the box around said openin and all 0 said ribs and edges being bevele to fit each other, and means for moving the lid sidewise relative to the box as it is closed against the seat formed by said edges to bring and hold the beveled faces of the ribs tightly against the beveled faces of said side edges.

8. The combination of a journal-box provided with an opening therein, an outwardl swinging lid hinged to the box and movab e sidewise thereon, there being ribs on the under side of said lid to engage the edges of the box around said opening, the outer face of the edges of the box at the sides of said 0' ening and the inner face of the corres on ing ribs on the lid being beveled to fit eac other, and means for moving the lid to its seat against said edges and causing the beveled ribs on the lid to slide down on the beveled edges of the box and into close contest there with.

9. The combination of a journal-box provided with an opening therein, an outwardlyswingin lid hinged to the box, there being ribs on t e under side of said lid to engage the edges of the box around said opening, the outer face of the lower edge and the inner face of the upper edge of the box etseid 0 ening and the inner face of the rib at the ottom of the lid and the outer face of the rib at the top of the lid being beveled, and means for moving the lid to its seat against said edges and causing the beveled ribs on the lid to sent on the beveled edges of the box and in close contact therewith.

10. The combination of e j ournal-box provided with an opening therein, an outwardlyswinging lid hinged to the box and movable sidewise thereon, there being ribs on the under side of said lid to engage the edges of the box around said opening, the outer face of the side edges of the box around said opening and the inner face of the corresponding ribs on the lid being beveled, end the outer face of the lower edge and the inner face of the upper edge of the box around said opening and the inner face of the rib at the bottom of the lid and the outer face of the rib at the top of the lid being beveled to fit each other, and means for moving the lid to its seet against said edges and causing the beveled ribs at the sides of the lid to slide down on the beveled edges at the side of the opening in the box and into close Contact therewith.

GEORGE A. i-VGQDLLAN. Witnesses C. A. CARSCADIN, TM. 0. BELT. 

